Origin Enterprises

Origin Enterprises plc is a focused agri-services group providing specialist on-farm agronomy services and the supply of crop technologies and inputs. The group has market positions in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Poland, Romania, Brazil and Ukraine. Origin is listed on the ESM (Euronext: OIZ) market of Euronext Dublin.

Origin Enterprises plc

Company type	Public limited company
Traded as	Euronext Dublin: OIZ AIM: OGN ISEQ 20 component Euronext Growth
ISIN	IE00B1WV4493
Industry	Food
Founded	2006
Headquarters	Dublin, Ireland
Key people	Gary Britton, (Non-Executive Chairman) Sean Coyle, (CEO)
Products	Food and agribusiness
Revenue	€1,521.3 (2016)[1]
Operating income	€66.2 (2016)[1]
Net income	€57.8 (2016)[1]
Number of employees	>2,600 (2020)[2]
Website	www.originenterprises.com

History

Origin was established by the IAWS Group in 2006 to focus on the original agribusiness and food and nutrition businesses of IAWS: it was admitted to the IEX and AIM on 5 June 2007.^[3]

In October 2013 it bought 60% of Agroscope, a Ukrainian business, for $17.6m.^[4]

In September 2015 it completed the acquisition of Romania's Redoxim.^[5] Then in November 2015, it completed the acquisition of Kazgod group in Poland^[6] and in December 2015, it completed the acquisition of Comfert S.R.L. in Romania.^[7]

In June 2018, it announced an agreement to expand its footprint within South America, buying a sharehold part of two Brazilian companies, by €50.3m.^[8]

Operations

Agri-services businesses include:^[9]

• R&H Hall
• Goulding
• Agrii
• AgSpace
• Origin Fertilisers
• PB Kent
• Rigby Taylor
• Agrii Polska (Poland)
• Comfert (Romania)
• Redoxim (Romania)
• Agroscope (Ukraine)